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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Warren Keith Brown.

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WARREN KEITH BROWN

First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force

June 14, 1939 – July 14, 1968

Service record

Warren Keith Brown, of Sioux City, Iowa, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 52W · Line 26

Position of Panel 52W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
First Lieutenant (1STLT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Born
June 14, 1939
Home of record
Sioux City, Iowa (Woodbury County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 14, 1968
Age
29
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

36 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 52W, Line 26

From Sioux City

All 28 names from Sioux City →

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.